From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 28 20:04:41 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29ABC16A415 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:04:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from sccrmhc15.comcast.net (sccrmhc15.comcast.net [63.240.77.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CE6643D5C for ; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:04:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [192.168.214.215] (c-24-1-232-64.hsd1.tx.comcast.net[24.1.232.64]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc15) with ESMTP id <2006102820043901500t93k3e>; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:04:39 +0000 Message-ID: <4543B7D6.8090000@computer.org> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:04:38 -0500 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061020) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eric Schuele References: <200610281245.40150.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <4543B6CE.2070609@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <4543B6CE.2070609@computer.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jonathan Horne , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd equivelent to the linux ethtool command? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:04:41 -0000 On 10/28/06 15:00, Eric Schuele wrote: > On 10/28/06 12:45, Jonathan Horne wrote: >> i have a computer that recently stopped obeying WOL packets, after i >> did a dual boot of freebsd/suse 10.1. before i put suse on there, WOL >> always worked just fine. >> >> apparently, the linux driver for my network card, put the nic in >> "always off" mode, and in order to be able to WOL later, i have to >> shut the linux off in "wol g" mode (using ethtool, so it can listen >> for packets later). even in freebsd now tho, its still not listening >> for WOL packets. is there something in freebsd i can use to edit the >> behavior of the driver, to make sure the nic powers down in >> "wol-listen" mode? > > It looks as if it is in ifconfig in -current. I say that because after > a quick google, I see a patch in 2005.. don't know if its really in > there or not (as I run -stable). There is no mention of WOL in my > 6.2-PRERELEASE man pages for ifconfig. I just checked the -current manpages and I see no mention there either... so... I dunno. There are a few ports which wakeup machines which support wol. but how to configure it, I guess I'm not much help. > >> >> thanks, >> jonathan >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > -- Regards, Eric